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Taiwan's national security and the Taiwan Strait illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

Ghosts of 1938 haunting the Taiwan Strait

The following has been adapted from a speech by Joseph Wu, secretary-general of Taiwan’s National Security Council, at an event earlier this month in Taiwan.

Protecting U.S. patents and the courts illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

Congress about to make patent theft easier

Congress wants to prevent foreign adversaries from stealing American intellectual property, but its proposed solution would leave U.S. small inventors more vulnerable to IP theft than ever before.

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